One is a melatonin-and-CBD nightcap. The other took both out on purpose. That single decision changes everything that follows.
If you’re looking at Moongreens vs Beam, you’ve probably already had the Beam experience or something like it: a warm, chocolatey drink at bedtime that genuinely helps you drop off. The question is whether it’s the thing you want to take every single night, for years. That’s where the two part ways.
Beam Dream is a well-made, well-loved bedtime ritual. But its standard powder is built around two ingredients Moongreens deliberately leaves out: melatonin and CBD. Whether that matters depends entirely on what you’re trying to do at night.
The melatonin question
Beam’s standard Dream powder contains 3 mg of melatonin. (They do sell a melatonin-free version, so it’s worth checking which one you’re buying.) Melatonin works, and at a low dose for occasional use it’s reasonable. The issue is nightly, long-term use: melatonin is a hormone, not a nutrient, and the more often you supply it from outside, the less reason your body has to make its own on schedule.
Moongreens takes a different route. There’s no added melatonin at all. Instead it includes 5-HTP from Griffonia Seed to support your body’s own melatonin pathway, so the system that’s supposed to run the show keeps running it. That’s the whole design philosophy: support the night, don’t override it.
At a glance
| Moongreens | Beam Dream | |
|---|---|---|
| Melatonin | None added — built for nightly use | 3 mg in the standard powder (a melatonin-free version exists) |
| Core idea | A night recovery system | A bedtime hot-cocoa wind-down |
| The blend | Three layers, named clinical forms: KSM-66® Ashwagandha, Magnesium Bisglycinate Chelate (Albion®), L-Theanine, L-Glycine, 5-HTP, plus a greens and gut layer (ProbioSEB® CSC-3, BioPerine®) | Magnesium (citrate and malate), L-Theanine, reishi, apigenin, nano-CBD hemp, plus 3 mg melatonin |
| What it replaces | Sleep stack, greens, probiotic and nightly vitamins in one scoop | An evening sleep aid and cocoa ritual |
| Range | One product. One scoop. | Powder and capsules, many dessert flavours, creatine bundle |
| Flavour | One considered flavour (Natural Berry & Citrus) | Dessert cocoa range (sea salt caramel, brownie batter, and more) |
| Third-party tested | Yes | Yes |
| Best for | Someone who wants one serious nightly formula that replaces the stack | Someone who wants a warm dessert-style nightcap and is fine with melatonin and CBD |
CBD, and whether you want it every night
Beam’s headline ingredient is a nano-emulsified hemp extract — CBD engineered for better absorption. For some people that’s a draw. For others it’s a reason to pause: CBD can interact with medications, isn’t ideal for everyone, and is a compound plenty of people would rather not take nightly without a specific reason. Moongreens contains no hemp or CBD. If you want one fewer active to think about before bed, that’s a meaningful difference.
A cocoa, or a recovery formula
Beam is, by its own positioning, a wellness ritual first — a warm chocolate drink you heat, froth and sip. It’s genuinely nice. But its job ends at helping you wind down and fall asleep.
Moongreens is built as a layered system. A stress layer brings down the cortisol that keeps a busy mind switched on: KSM-66® Ashwagandha and L-Theanine. A sleep-architecture layer supports the depth of your sleep: L-Glycine, Magnesium Bisglycinate Chelate (Albion®) and 5-HTP from Griffonia Seed. Then a greens and gut layer — spirulina and wheatgrass through to ProbioSEB® CSC-3 and BioPerine® — because how you feel tomorrow is set overnight, in the gut as much as the brain. It replaces the stack, not just the nightcap.
On taste, you’re not giving anything up by skipping the dessert framing. The Natural Berry & Citrus is light and genuinely good — something to look forward to, without the sugar-coded hot-chocolate routine.
So which one should you choose?
If you love the idea of a warm, dessert-style cocoa to send you off, and you’re comfortable taking melatonin and CBD each night, Beam Dream is a polished, well-tested option that does exactly that.
If you want a nightly recovery formula that leaves melatonin and CBD out, supports your own sleep chemistry, and folds your greens and gut support into the same scoop, that’s Moongreens. If the melatonin point is really what’s driving you, Moongreens vs Dream Water is the other comparison worth reading; if it’s the all-in-one idea, see Moongreens vs MoonBrew. For the full category map, head to Sleep Drinks Compared.
Try it for a full sleep cycle
Thirty nights isn’t long enough to judge a recovery formula — the adaptogens take six to eight weeks to reach full effect. So Moongreens comes with a 90-night guarantee: enough time to feel the difference in how you wake up, not just how you fall asleep. If it isn’t doing its job, you haven’t lost anything.